# vast_create_tracking

Create a new VAST tracking entry

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `vast_create_tracking`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/vast-create-tracking

## Facts

- Tool: `vast_create_tracking`
- Server: AdButler (`adbutler/mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/adbutler/mcp-server
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | string | no | Tracking URL |
| `name` | string | yes | Tracking name |
| `event` | string | no | Tracking event type (e.g. start, firstQuartile, midpoint, thirdQuartile, complete) |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "vast_create_tracking",
    "arguments": {
      "name": "<name>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why vast_create_tracking is rated Medium

This tool creates (writes) a new tracking entry in an advertising system. It is reversible (tracking entries can be deleted or modified), so it does not qualify as Destructive. It does not execute arbitrary code or shell commands, so it is not Execute. It does not move money, so it is not Financial.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'vast_create_tracking' and description 'Create a new VAST tracking entry' indicate creation of a new data record. VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) tracking entries are advertising metadata that modify campaign behavior and analytics."

Risk signals: Accepts URL/endpoint input (url)

## Use case

AI agents use vast_create_tracking to create or update resources in AdButler, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your AdButler environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches AdButler:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "vast_create_tracking": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "vast_create_tracking_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on AdButler (621)

- `archive_advertiser` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/archive-advertiser.md
- `archive_channel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/archive-channel.md
- `archive_contract` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/archive-contract.md
- `archive_email_zone` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/archive-email-zone.md
- `archive_publisher` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/archive-publisher.md
- `bulk_upload_remove_data_list` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/bulk-upload-remove-data-list.md
- `bulk_upload_replace_user_db` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/bulk-upload-replace-user-db.md
- `campaign_bulk_delete_catalog_ad_items` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/campaign-bulk-delete-catalog-ad-items.md
- `cancel_signature_request` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/cancel-signature-request.md
- `delete_advertiser` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-advertiser.md
- `delete_archived_campaign` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-archived-campaign.md
- `delete_archived_channel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-archived-channel.md
- `delete_archived_contract` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-archived-contract.md
- `delete_audience` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-audience.md
- `delete_audio_creative` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-audio-creative.md
- `delete_beacon_signing_key` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-beacon-signing-key.md
- `delete_bidder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-bidder.md
- `delete_campaign` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-campaign.md
- `delete_campaign_assignment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-campaign-assignment.md
- `delete_catalog_ad_item` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-catalog-ad-item.md
- `delete_catalog_zone` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-catalog-zone.md
- `delete_channel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-channel.md
- `delete_channel_zone_assignment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-channel-zone-assignment.md
- `delete_contact` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-contact.md
- `delete_contract` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-contract.md
- `delete_contract_document` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-contract-document.md
- `delete_contract_payment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-contract-payment.md
- `delete_contract_template` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-contract-template.md
- `delete_creative` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-creative.md
- `delete_custom_html_ad_item` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler/delete-custom-html-ad-item.md
- …and 591 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adbutler.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

---

Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=adbutler · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adbutler